Leaf (game)

If you were looking for the the character from Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, see Green (game).

Leaf redirects here. For other uses, see Leaf (disambiguation).

Leaf リーフ Leaf
Art from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Gender	Female
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Brown
Hometown	Pallet Town
Region	Kanto
Relatives	Mom, unnamed father
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer, player character
Generation	III, VII
Games	FireRed, LeafGreen, Masters
Champion of	Indigo Plateau
Manga counterpart(s)	Blue, Green

Leaf (Japanese: リーフ Leaf) is the female player character in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. Her male counterpart is Red.

In the games

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Leaf's adventure begins after Professor Oak calls her to his lab and gives her a choice of Pokémon. Blue challenges Leaf to a Pokémon battle as soon as they get their Pokémon. Later, Professor Oak calls the two back, gives each of them a Pokédex, and sends them on a journey to fulfill their dream of capturing every kind of Pokémon.

Leaf travels all over Kanto, filling in the Pokédex and defeating the Gym Leaders. Her rival Blue constantly stays one step ahead, and shows up quite a few times to impede her progress. When Leaf eventually reaches the Elite Four, she finds that Blue has beaten her to a milestone yet again and has become the Indigo League Champion. Leaf defeats Blue in the final battle, and becomes the Champion herself. Her adventure continues even after that, with Leaf discovering new places, such as the Sevii Islands.

Leaf's main conflict in the games, aside from Blue, is Team Rocket, an infamous group of Pokémon thieves. Leaf clashes with Team Rocket many times in her quest. She defeats a group of grunts at Mt. Moon who are attempting to steal rare Pokémon Fossils, and defeats another group ahead at a bridge in Cerulean City. Leaf protects the Pokémon Tower and Mr. Fuji in Lavender Town and destroys their hold on the Game Corner. After she foils their plot to take over Silph Co., Leaf encounters Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, as the final Gym Leader in Viridian City. Upon defeating him, Leaf stops the group's world domination plots once and for all, though a few remaining grunts, many who appeared and were defeated by Leaf on Five Island in Generation III, would band together in Johto to try to revive the group.

Artwork

	File:Leaf and Squirtle artwork.png
Official artwork of Leaf from FireRed and LeafGreen	Leaf and Squirtle concept artwork for Kotobukiya ArtFx J figurines	Artwork depicting the usage of Fly, featuring Leaf with a Pidgey
Ken Sugimori artwork of Leaf from a 2005 New Year's postcard	Ken Sugimori artwork of Leaf

Sprites

In the core series

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Sprite of Leaf from Generation III	Intro sprite of Leaf from FireRed and LeafGreen	Credits sprite of Leaf from FireRed and LeafGreen	Back sprite of Leaf from Generation III
Overworld sprite of Leaf from FireRed and LeafGreen	Overworld sprite of Leaf from Emerald

In other games

Model of Leaf from Colosseum	Model of Leaf from XD: Gale of Darkness	Model of Leaf from Masters	VS model of Leaf from Masters

Optional names

Japanese	English	French	German	Italian	Spanish
グリーン Green レッド Red リーフ Leaf ファイア Fire キヨミ Kiyomi サトコ Satoko チホ Chiho キョウコ Kyōko マキコ Makiko ミキコ Mikiko ミチコ Michiko ジュンコ Junko アヤコ Ayako リエ Rie セツコ Setsuko ユキコ Yukiko マミナ Mamina ノリエ Norie ヒサエ Hisae モモコ Momoko ミスズ Misuzu	Green Red Leaf Fire Omi Jodi Amanda Hillary Makey Michi Paula June Cassie Rey Seda Kiko Mina Norie Sai Momo Suzi	Green Red Leaf Fire Joanna Lucie Edith Pauline Emma Audrey Marion Sayaka Ingrid Linda Flo Yuki Carmen Nolween Nadia Helene Caro	Grün Rot Blatt Feuer Mandy Andrea Sina Martina Tanja Elena Birgit Diana Katrin Susi Ute Daniela Silke Simone Jamie Pia Eva	Verde Rosso Green Red Cinzia Luisa Amanda Rossana Rita Lorenza Paola Gaia Olga Wilma Ivana Monia Letizia Liliana Ilaria Isotta Viviana	Verte Joro Jaho Guefo Mena Cira María Mina Nena Luna Bruna Claudia Casilda Rita Selena Matilde Nuria Marina Salia Mirta Susa

In the Super Smash Bros. series

Leaf as a palette swap of Pokémon Trainer in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Leaf's hat appears as an alternate outfit worn by Jigglypuff from Super Smash Bros. Brawl onward, in parallel to Pikachu wearing Red's hat.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Main article: Pokémon Trainer (Super Smash Bros.)

Leaf appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, where she is part of Red's palette swaps. Much like him, she is referred to as "Pokémon Trainer", sharing his team of Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard.

In other games

Leaf makes a cameo appearance in both Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. While she does not appear in the games' Story Mode, she is playable in the Battle Mode when a FireRed or LeafGreen cartridge is used with her as the player character. She can take on Mt. Battle's 100-battle challenge, as well as compete in Colosseum battles.

Counterparts

Green in Pokémon Adventures

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Main article: Green (Adventures)

Green from Pokémon Adventures serves as Leaf's counterpart.

In the Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire manga

Main article: Blue (Ruby-Sapphire)

Leaf also has a counterpart in Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire, who is named Blue.

Trivia

Cover of the Pocket Monsters Red, Green, and Blue guidebook

• An artwork of an unnamed female character drawn by Ken Sugimori was released in the games' official strategy guide. Sugimori had stated that he wanted to portray a trio of Trainers facing off against each other, hence designed the female character for the cover. The female character was later adapted for the Pokémon Craft DX magazine drawn by Emiko Yoshino, as well as the character Green in Pokémon Adventures. Sugimori also noted that he took the unnamed female character into consideration when he was designing the female protagonist of FireRed and LeafGreen.
• Leaf's hat somewhat resembles a Premier Ball.
• Leaf's FireRed and LeafGreen sprite shows her with blue eyes, although every other sprite and the official artwork shows her with brown eyes.
• The majority of her Japanese default names are shared with Dawn and Lyra. She also shares all of Kris's alternate Japanese names.
• Though she is neither playable nor an opponent in the handheld Generation IV games, Leaf made a brief cameo battling against Red in an early trailer for Pokémon Battle Revolution on the Wii.
• Leaf is the only non-rival female player character to have a counterpart who appeared in Pokémon Pocket Monsters.

Pokémon Craft DX gallery

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Names

Leaf is used as the official name for this character in Pokémon Masters and on merchandise such as Kotobukiya's ARTFX J figurine featuring her as リーフ Leaf and the Bandai's Pokémon Scale World collection. She is also referred to as "Leaf" in unused Trainer data in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and was hinted as such to be the default name by Sugimori on Twitter.

Because of this, she was also known in the fandom as "Green" (ブルー Blue in Japanese) to match her Pokémon Adventures counterpart. This name would later be used officially in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! for Green. She is also sometimes referred to as フグリ Fuguri in the Japanese fandom. The name is derived from the katakana rendering of "LeafGreen", リーフグリーン rīfugurīn.

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	リーフ Leaf	From Pokémon LeafGreen
English, French, Italian	Leaf	From Pokémon LeafGreen
Spanish	Hoja (Masters) JahoFRLG	From hoja (leaf) Anagram of hoja (leaf)
German	Leaf (Masters) BlattFRLG	Same as her English name From Pokémon Blattgrüne Edition (Pokémon LeafGreen)
Korean	리프 Leaf	Transcription of her Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	葉子 Yèzǐ	From 葉子 yèzi / yihpjí (leaf)
Chinese (Cantonese)	葉子 Yihpjí

References

Non-player characters in the core series games

Kanto Professor Oak • Mom (Kanto) • Mom (LGPE) • Red • Blue • Green • Trace • Daisy • Old man • Bill • Celio • Mr. Fuji • Safari Zone Warden • Copycat • Primo • Koichi Pokémon Fan Club Chairman • Erik and Sara • Lostelle • Teala • Selphy • Cal • Steven Stone • Maylene • Mina • Cameron • Mr. Game • Morimoto Team Rocket • Gym guide • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Professors' aides • Magikarp salesman • Name Rater • Day-Care Person • Mr. Hyper See also: Johto Professor Elm • Professor Oak • Mom • Ethan • Lyra • Silver • Mr. Pokémon • Eusine • Lance • Red • Kiyo • Baoba • Magnus • Earl • Kurt • Carrie • Dude Mary • Buena • Radio Director • Haircut brothers • Webster • Master • Li • Wilma • Primo • Maximo • Jet • Caitlin • Cynthia • Cameron • Mr. Game • Felicity • Teala Team Rocket • Gym guide • Gym Leaders • Frontier Brains • Kimono Girls • Week Siblings • Name Rater • Poké Seer • Day-Care Couple • Professors' aides Hoenn Professor Birch • Mom • May • Brendan • Wally • Wanda • Steven Stone • Wallace • Scott • Mr. Briney • Mr. Stone • Gabby and Ty • Lanette Brigette • Professor Cozmo • Pokémon Fan Club Chairman • Rydel • Winstrate family • Captain Stern • Trick Master • Treasure Hunter • Dock Apprentice • Pokémon Center Ladies • Old guys • Mr. Bonding • Teala • Aarune • Lisia • Zinnia • Looker • Inver • Chaz • Fossil Maniac • Kiri • Memory Girl Team Aqua • Team Magma • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Frontier Brains • Battle Chatelaines • Gym guide • Name Rater • Day-Care Couple • Stats judge Sinnoh Professor Rowan • Professor Oak • Johanna • Barry • Lucas • Dawn • Cynthia • Looker • Stat Trainers (Cheryl • Riley • Mira • Buck • Marley) Bebe • Teala • Felicity • Roxy and Oli • Roseanne • Rad Rickshaw • Eldritch • Wilma • Jasmine • Caitlin • Julia • Jordan • Dexter • Keira • Mr. Backlot • Morimoto Underground Man • Mr. Goods • Mr. Fuego • Pokétch Co. President • Dr. Footstep • Pokémon Fan Club Chairman • Helena • Ketch Appy Team Galactic • Gym guide • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Frontier Brains • Name Rater • Day-Care Couple • Professors' aides • Stats judge Unova Professor Juniper • Mom (BW) • Mom (B2W2) • Cheren • Bianca • Bianca's father • Hugh • Hugh's sister • Cedric Juniper • Fennel • Amanita Cilan • Chili • Cress • Lenora • Hawes • Loblolly • Charles • Iris • Drayden • Alder • Benga • Curtis • Yancy • Brycen • Sabrina • Pop Roxie Hilbert • Hilda • Nate • Rosa • Ingo • Emmet • Cynthia • Looker • N • Colress • Morimoto • Nishino • Pokémon Fan Club Chairman Cyrano • Briar • Carmine • Kieran • Koraidon • Miraidon • Geeta • Rika • Clavell • Perrin • Snacksworth • Synclaire Team Plasma • Clyde • Gym Leaders • Elite Four (Unova · BB) • PWT participants • Name Rater • Day-Care Couple • Judge • Magikarp salesman • Special Coaches • Guidance counselors Kalos Professor Sycamore • Grace • Calem • Serena • Shauna • Tierno • Trevor • Alexa • Cassius • Inver • Sina • Dexio • Gurkinn Bonnie • Diantha • AZ • Looker • Emma • Mr. Bonding • Phil the Photo Guy • Memory Girl • Pokémon Fan Club Chairman Team Flare • Gym guide • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Battle Chatelaines • Name Rater • Day-Care Couple • Judge Alola Professor Kukui • Mom • Lillie • Nebby • Hau • Rotom • Professor Burnet • Molayne • Samson Oak • Ryuki • Mohn Red • Blue • Wally • Cynthia • Grimsley • Colress • Sina • Dexio • Looker • Anabel • Necrozma • Morimoto • Iwao Team Skull • Aether Foundation • Ultra Recon Squad • Team Rainbow Rocket Trial Captains • Island kahunas • Elite Four • Name Rater • Judge • Mr. Hyper • Gester Galar Professor Magnolia • Mum • Hop • Bede • Marnie • Sonia • Leon Sordward • Shielbert • Mustard • Klara • Avery • Honey • Hyde • Peony • Peonia • Calyrex • Ball Guy Watt Traders • Ingredients Sellers • Digging Duo • Camping King Team Yell • Macro Cosmos • Dan • Gym Leaders • Morimoto • Cara Liss • Jack Hisui Cogita • Arceus • Choy • Anthe • Miss Fortunes (Charm • Clover • Coin) • Vessa Galaxy Team • Diamond Clan • Pearl Clan • Ginkgo Guild Paldea Professor Sada • Professor Turo • Mom • Nemona • Koraidon • Miraidon • Geeta • Arven • Penny • Heath Clavell • Jacq • Dendra • Miriam • Raifort • Saguaro • Salvatore • Tyme • Harrington Carmine • Kieran • Caretaker • Yukito and Hideko • Ogerpon • Pecharunt • Perrin • Cyrano • Briar • Terapagos • Billy and O'Nare Team Star • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Pokémon League representatives

Player characters
Core series Red • Leaf • Ethan • Kris • Lyra • Brendan • May • Lucas • Dawn Hilbert • Hilda • Nate • Rosa • Calem • Serena • Elio • Selene Chase • Elaine • Victor • Gloria • Rei • Akari • Florian • Juliana Side series Wes • Michael • Nate • Cyndy Spin-off games Mark • Mint • Todd Snap • Lucy Fleetfoot Lunick • Solana • Kellyn • Kate • Ben • Summer Hero • Heroine • Tim Goodman • Scottie • Bettie

Characters appearing in Pokémon Masters EX

Pasio Scottie • Bettie • Lear • Rachel • Sawyer • Paulo • Tina Kanto Brock • Misty • Lt. Surge • Erika • Blaine • Lorelei • Bruno • Agatha • Janine • Koga • Blue • Giovanni • Leaf • Lance • Professor Oak • Red • Sabrina • Jessie • James • Ash • Elaine • Chase Johto Kris • Bugsy • Whitney • Pryce • Clair • Will • Karen • Lyra • Ethan • Silver • Jasmine • Morty • Falkner • Eusine • Archer • Ariana • Petrel • Proton Hoenn Brendan • Roxanne • Brawly • Flannery • Norman • Winona • Tate • Liza • Phoebe • Drake • Noland • Glacia • Zinnia • Steven • Wallace • Wally • Lucy • Lisia • May • Maxie • Archie • Sidney • Courtney Sinnoh Barry • Roark • Gardenia • Maylene • Crasher Wake • Candice • Flint • Thorton • Cheryl • Marley • Cynthia • Fantina • Dawn • Cyrus • Volkner • Darach • Lucas • Aaron • Bertha • Lucian • Looker • Adaman • Irida • Palmer • Argenta • Akari • Rei • Riley • Dahlia • Volo Unova Rosa • Clay • Skyla • Brycen • Iris • Roxie • Marlon • Shauntal • Marshal • Cheren • Hilbert • Hilda • Elesa • Caitlin • Grimsley • Burgh • Alder • Nate • Bianca • N • Ghetsis • Ingo • Emmet • Hugh • Colress • Lenora Kalos Grant • Korrina • Ramos • Wulfric • Siebold • Wikstrom • Viola • Calem • Valerie • Clemont • Serena • Lysandre • Professor Sycamore • Diantha • Evelyn • Nita • Helena • Kali • Shauna • Emma • Olympia • Drasna • Dana • Katherine • Tierno Alola Hau • Sophocles • Mina • Olivia • Hapu • Kahili • Nanu • Acerola • Kukui • Plumeria • Guzma • Lusamine • Gladion • Lillie • Molayne • Mallow • Selene • Elio • Lana • Kiawe • Hala • The Masked Royal • Naomi • Anabel • Ryuki Galar Gloria • Piers • Leon • Marnie • Raihan • Nessa • Bea • Hop • Allister • Sonia • Bede • Gordie • Melony • Victor • Ball Guy • Rose • Oleana • Eve • Petey Paldea Nemona • Penny • Iono • Grusha • Geeta • Jacq • Rika • Poppy NPCs Professor Bellis • Trista • Tricia • Trinnia • Meowth • Tabitha • Matt • Shelly • Mars • Jupiter • Saturn • Cilan • Chili • Cress • Chuck • Kiyo • Shadow Triad • Trevor • Malva • Faba • Team Break

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